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Palo Alto Sr Staff Software Engineer Malware Research - Antivirus Systems 
United States, California 
487567861

24.06.2024
Description

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

  • Develop new features for the automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery system

  • Research and implement signature algorithms for new file formats

  • Identify limitations/issues in existing signature algorithms and improve them

  • Research on and publish about innovations & emerging security trends

Your Experience

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent military experience required

  • 4-6+ years of relevant experience preferred

  • Experience with Python/Golang programming language

  • Strong core Computer Engineering skills such as databases, operating systems, algorithms

  • Working knowledge and interest in learning common file formats (PE, Office, PDF etc)

  • Experience with malware analysis

  • Understanding of networking and core Internet protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP)

  • Experience with a data pipeline based environment with several moving components in a distributed cloud environment

  • Experience with developing in a public cloud environment such as GCP, AWS

  • Troubleshooting and virtualization experience in Linux

  • Strong problem solving abilities

  • Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills

  • Knowledge/experience with tools such as Docker, Elastic-Search, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL, SQLite, Redis is a big plus

  • Experience in implementing security solutions is highly desirable

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $124,600/yr to $195,350/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .